Peace Can Now Return to Ondo

To properly take care of his health in Germany, Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, formally wrote to the House of Assembly seeking the transfer of power to his deputy, Mr. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, in line with the provisions of the constitution

The governor, who is battling an undisclosed ailment, was away for the first medical leave between June and August in Germany. Before then, he had travelled four times for the same reason.

However, upon his return to Nigeria in September, shortly after the leave expired, he announced his resumption of duties but failed to show up at the Government House, Alagbaka, Akure.

He stayed in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital from where he was purportedly governing the state. This prompted the citizenry, opposition political parties and civil society organisations to ask about his whereabouts.

While these were going on, the state witnessed political and leadership crises, as members of the state House of Assembly ignored him, and went after the state Deputy Governor,  Aiyedatiwa, whom they wanted to impeach to frustrate from taking over from his boss. This further worsened the crisis in the state.

So bad was the situation that the Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere called on President Bola Tinubu to intervene and call the gladiators to order.

Even though President Tinubu had three weeks ago first met with the political actors to resolve the leadership crisis in the state, leading to the withdrawal of the various suits filed by the actors, it did not achieve much success.

To find a resolution to the lingering tussle in the South-west state, President Tinubu again last Monday night held another meeting with Aiyedatiwa and the House of Assembly Speaker, Olamide Oladiji, at the Aso Villa in Abuja.

It was gathered that the president had instructed the governor to use e-signature to transfer power to Aiyedatiwa.

With the transfer of power to Aiyedatiwa, it is expected that he would govern with fairness so that peace can now return to the state.